How the world sees Greece
Greece is a beautiful country with breathtaking islands and rich culture. Numerous people traverse land and sea to visit Greece and see the amazing sceneries that the country has to offer. More than 30 million tourists have visited Greece this year alone.
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Greece national football coach Michael Skibbe blasted FIFA’s decision to ban Roma defender Kostas Manolas from Thursday’s World Cup playoff first leg away to Croatia for “intentionally seeking a yellow card”. “What FIFA did was not right.
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For the first time ever, archaeologists digging in Egypt have uncovered a Greek-style gymnasium, which the team believes a small town may have built in order to seem more Greek, according to a statement released yesterday by the Egyptian Ministry of ...
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GREECE and the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) won the "Best Stand for Doing Business" award at the 2017 World Travel Market (WTM) ...
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Mr. Spirtzis' decision has prompted angry public reaction, since GREECE'S yearly number of car accidents and asphalt victims is considerably high, ...
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Town Supervisor Bill Reilich recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to welcome Pure Bliss Salon and Spa, 4343 Dewey Ave., to GREECE.
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GREECE Town Supervisor Bill Reilich announces the installment of outdoor fitness equipment along Wellness Way at GREECE Town Hall. [PHOTO ...
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For GREECE, the rise in visits is particularly important as tourism accounts for a fifth of the economy, which has shrunk by a quarter during its debt crisis ...
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Students at West Ridge Elementary School tour a truck from Ridge Road Fire District after receiving free winter coats, hats and gloves. [PHOTO ...
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... his delay in approving an extension of a licence for additional equipment delayed the operation of the gold mine at Skouries, in northern GREECE.
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The exercise, named after the archery-skilled Greek goddess of the hunt, takes place at the NATO Missile Firing Range Installation in Chania, GREECE, ...
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ATHENS • GREECE coach Michael Skibbe blasted Fifa's decision to ban Roma defender Kostas Manolas from the first leg of the World Cup play-off ...
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Excessive taxation and the dramatic drop of the average Greek income has; among other things, led to a rise in the number of divorces around the country. More and more couples state they are separated, while divorces have risen by 20% over the last years ...
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Submit your Zing! here. (Note: Zing!s on this blog are unedited for spelling, grammar and style.) Suspending GREEK activities after the action of one ...
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Carvings on the stone depict a story reminiscent of an epic GREEK poem, with vanquished foe laying defeated as a victorious warrior lifts his sword to ...
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Ric Flair is the latest subject tackled in ESPN's acclaimed 30 for 30 series, and frankly, a piece on the "Nature Boy" is long overdue. Aside from Andre ...
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For the first time ever, archaeologists digging in Egypt have uncovered a Greek-style gymnasium, which the team believes a small town may have built in order to seem more Greek, according to a statement released yesterday by the Egyptian Ministry of ...
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GREECE. GREECE is bidding to reach a major tournament again after an embarrassing qualification campaign for the 2016 European Championship.
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"Everything is in our hands, and even though we respect GREECE, Croatia has ... GREECE is trying to make it to the World Cup for the third straight time.
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Kostis Papaioannou and Vassilis Papadopoulos (Europe's top human rights job deserves better. We urge GREECE to choose again, 3 November) urge ...
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More and more Greek couples see in divorce a solution to escape property confiscation and bank accounts seizures, but also a way to get access to tax discounts and social benefits. The change of marital status affects also their social status that protects them from the long arm of the tax office. Over-taxation and dramatic … The post “Till tax office do us apart”: Greeks see in divorce a way to avoid assets seizures, get access to social benefits appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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The volunteers give out the foods to the people during the GREEK Bazaar at Annunciation GREEK Orthodox Church in Lancaster on Tuesday, November ...
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Having billed GREECE as the most awkward opponents it could draw in the World Cup play-offs, Croatia will head into the two-leg tie confident of ...
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Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos (center) looks on as his Israeli and Cypriot counterparts, Avigdor Lieberman (l) and Christoforos Fokaides ...
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… Thrasher indefinitely suspended all 54 Greek life organizations on campus on … all students events (not just Greek ones): “For this suspension to … ,500 FSU students involved in Greek life this academic year. In …
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… , Greek and Albanian authorities. The gang provided Albanian migrants with fake Greek … may have been based in Greece but it was directly targeting … the black economies of both Greece and Italy. In the late …
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… a wide range of fields. Greece, Cyprus, and Israel share common … Defense Minister Christoforos Fokaides. “Cyprus, Greece and Israel defend in this … earlier, separate meeting with Liberman, Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said …
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Eight European nations. Four spots left at next summer's World Cup finals in Russia. Everything to play for. Northern Ireland, aiming for their first World Cup finals since 1986, face Switzerland in Belfast on Thursday as the two-legged play-offs begin.
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The university's president, John E. Thrasher, said the strict new regulations would stay in place until students in the GREEK system made a commitment ...
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The Liberal Party in July stated the GREEK Embassy had informed it Ms Banks was not entitled to GREEK citizenship and was not a GREEK citizen.
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Florida State is not the first college and university to grapple with the conduct of the GREEK system on campus. FSU is at least the third university this ...
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The ancient GREEKS built gymnasiums as workout spaces where athletes could train for games. After Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, GREEK ...
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Referring to the government as “thieves,” the Federation of GREEK Hospital Doctors (OENGE) said the new regulations “demolish any sense of ...
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[BI Graphic DNA strand]Dragan Radovanovic/Business Insider * PEOPLE THAT HAVE TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF DNA ARE CALLED HUMAN CHIMERAS. * IT CAN HAPPEN WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT WITH FRATERNAL TWINS AND ONE EMBRYO DIES VERY EARLY ON. THE OTHER EMBRYO CAN "ABSORB" ITS TWIN'S CELLS. * IT CAN ALSO HAPPEN AFTER A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT, AND (IN A SMALLER SCALE) DURING NORMAL PREGNANCY. ------------------------- In Greek mythology, a chimera was a fire-breathing creature with physical traits of a lion, goat, and dragon. In human beings, a chimera is a person who has two totally different sets of DNA inside their body. It's a bit less dramatic than a fire-breathing monster, sure, but it's still pretty wild. Even wilder: Human chimeras aren't the result of futuristic genetic tinkering. They can occur naturally, and some people don't even know that they've doubled up on DNA. Here's a quick guide to the ways a person can become a human chimera. IT CAN HAPPEN AFTER A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT. [Testing tubes full of blood are seen at the American Red Cross Charles Drew Donation Center in Washington February 16, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron]Thomson Reuters Bone marrow is the tissue inside our bones that's responsible for making white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. In bone marrow transplants, doctor uses chemotherapy or radiation to destroy all the recipient's diseased bone marrow, then a donor's healthy marrow is put in its place. The donor's bone marrow will keep on making blood cells that have the donor's DNA, according to a Scientific American report. That's how the recipient becomes a chimera. In "complete chimerism," 100% of the recipient's blood cells have the donor's DNA, a paper in the journal Nature explained. But the blood can also contain a mix of DNA from both the donor and the recipient — that's called "mixed chimerism." This type of chimera has inspired one some interesting storylines in pop culture, Motherboard reports. The 2015 film "Bad Blood" is all about a cancer-patient-turned-serial-killer using the DNA in his blood to implicate his bone marrow donor. IT CAN HAPPEN WHEN FRATERNAL TWINS ARE IN UTERO. [ultrasound]Shutterstock Scientific American explains that, when a mother is carrying fraternal twins, one of the embryos might die very early in the pregnancy. Then, the other embryo can absorb some cells from the deceased one. The resulting baby ends up with two sets of DNA. Sometimes these chimeras make the news. In 2015, a man from Washington took a cheek swab paternity test that said he was technically his son's uncle, not his father. Further testing revealed that the man had different DNA in his saliva and his sperm. Genetic experts believed he was a human chimera, and he had absorbed some of his DNA from a fraternal twin's embryo, BuzzFeed reported. A woman named Karen Keegan wound up in a similar situation. Tests said she wasn't the biological mother of her children, but it turned out that the DNA in her blood was different than the DNA in her ovaries. Doctors said her extra DNA most likely came from a fraternal twin — and in 2002 her story became a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Since twin loss occurs in an estimated 21 to 30% of multiple-fetus pregnancies, it's possible that many people are chimeras, but may never find out. One genetic expert told BuzzFeed that deliberately testing for chimerism is very difficult, and that there's no real need to do those tests in healthy people. IT CAN HAPPEN DURING A NORMAL PREGNANCY. [baby holding mom's hand]Flickr/pixydust8605 In the 1990s, scientists discovered that a pregnant woman may retain some DNA from her baby, if some fetal cells happen to migrate outside the uterus. The New York Times dubbed it a "pregnancy souvenir" — but it's more scientifically known as "microchimerism." One way simple way to prove this idea is to test mothers of boys and see if they have any cells with Y chromosomes, which are only present in males. In one study, researchers sampled tissue from 26 women who had died during pregnancy or just after giving birth to a boy. In every single sample, they found low concentrations of cells with Y chromosomes, according to the New York Times. Another study looked at the brains of mothers who had boys. They found traces of male DNA in 63% of the women — even in a woman who was 94 years old, Scientific American reported. This suggests that microchimerism might last a long time post-pregnancy. One microchimerism expert told The New York Times that scientists believe it's "very common, if not universal" among pregnant women. Just add it to the list of fascinating things that happen to a woman's body during pregnancy. NOW WATCH: These adorable twin babies are becoming an Instagram sensation
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LONDON (AP) — Hong Kong remains the world’s most visited city by international travelers in spite of strained relations with neighboring China, industry experts said […] The post Greece Set for a Record-Breaking Year, Hong Kong World’s Τop City for International Visits appeared first on The National Herald.
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A digitally altered illustration of the seal found in the tomb of the Griffin Warrior. University of Cincinnati An intricately carved gem that could rewrite the history of ancient Greek art has been discovered by archaeologists from the University of ...
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Few cities on this planet present the fine blend of history and modernity that Athens in GREECE does. Known to be one of the world's oldest cities, ...
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The Romanian authorities are currently discussing with those in GREECE, Hungary and Israel to create joint touristic service packages they can promote ...
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The Greek Public Power Corporation (DEH) is planning to hire a consortium of eight companies in order to settle unpaid energy bills which currently ...
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Investments go elsewhere and GREECE keeps falling behind the competition. In the World Bank's latest Doing Business survey of 190 countries, ...
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Architects Styliandis (who designed Daios Cove, GREECE'S second most expensive hotel) have created a discreet complex of low stone cubes with ...
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GREEK infrastructure development group Copelouzos announced on November 2 that Shenhua Group has acquired a 75% stake in four wind parks. The wind parks were developed by Copelouzos, and represent the first investment by a Chinese company in the wind ...
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Florida State University suspended all 54 of its fraternities and sororities indefinitely following the death of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity pledge Andrew Coffey. Coffey, 20, was found unresponsive Friday after a party held a mile off campus in Tallahassee ...
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… Liberman's visit to Greece opened with an historic meeting … and the defense ministers of Greece and Cyprus. The meeting dealt …
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… Patriot missiles from the Greek island of Crete in an effort to … the Artemis Strike exercise in Crete. TONY SWEENEY/U.S …
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[Florida State University Students Drinking Shots]Screenshot Via YouTube TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State becomes at least the third university this year to suspend Greek life because of alcohol-related tragedies. University President John Thrasher announced the indefinite suspension on Monday of the school's 55 fraternities and sororities following the death of a freshman pledge. Andrew Coffey, a pledge at Pi Kappa Phi, died Friday after he was found unresponsive following a party. On Monday, 20-year-old Garrett John Marcy, a member of Phi Delta Theta, was charged with the sale and trafficking of cocaine. After the February hazing death of 19-year old Timothy Piazza, Penn State suspended fraternities and sororities from holding social activities during the spring semester. Louisiana State had a one-month suspension and continues to ban alcohol at Greek parties after the hazing death of 18-year old Maxwell Gruver in September. NOW WATCH: Tony Robbins showed us the very first thing he does every morning to have more energy
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[Penn State]Jeff Swensen/Getty Images * FLORIDA STATE HAS INDEFINITELY SUSPENDED THE SCHOOL'S 55 FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A PLEDGE. * IN A SEPARATE INCIDENT, A STUDENT WAS CHARGED FOR THE SALE AND TRAFFICKING OF COCAINE. * MANY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE GRAPPLING WITH HAZING DEATHS, AND SEEKING SOLUTIONS TO TAMP DOWN ON ABUSE. ------------------------- Florida State University indefinitely suspended the activities of all Greek organizations Monday following the death of a pledge and a separate arrest of a fraternity member on charges of drug trafficking. Andrew Coffey, a Pi Kappa Phi pledge, died last Friday, and Garrett John Marcy, a Phi Delta Theta brother, was charged on Monday with the sale and trafficking of cocaine in an unrelated incident. Florida State's president, John E. Thrasher, suspended the school's 55 fraternities and sororities, citing the need for a culture change at the school. "The message is not getting through," Thrasher said at a news conference, The New York Times reported. "There must be a new culture, and our students must be full participants in creating it." The suspension of all Greek organizations continues a trend among university officials following a suspected hazing death. After the February hazing death of Penn State sophomore Timothy Piazza, 19, university officials suspended fraternities and sororities from holding social activities during the spring semester. The Penn State Board of Trustees also passed a package of new rules designed to change fraternity and sorority culture. But by October, there had already been another suspected incident of related to fraternity social activities when police found a student unconscious near the Delta Tau Delta house. The student had allegedly been drinking at the Delta Tau Delta house. The university has since suspended the fraternity. And in September, Louisiana State University freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, died after participating in a fraternity hazing game where he had to drink alcohol when he answered a question incorrectly. LSU issued a one-month suspension on all Greek life. It lifted the ban in October, before reinstating it after discomfort from the LSU community that the ban had been lifted too soon. In these instances, there seems to be a familiar playbook that colleges call on to reform the culture on campus. They institute a period of suspension, while Greek organizations recommit to following school policies against hazing. But after a period of time, similar activities creep back onto campuses. It's a trend that John Hechinger wrote about in "True Gentlemen," which looked into the history of American fraternities. Hechinger noted that permanently banning Greek organizations on college campuses has worked in some instances. "It is a simple and elegant solution that has succeeded at a handful of private campuses with the commitment and wealth to offer genuine social alternatives," Hechinger wrote. But at public universities — like Florida State, Penn State, and LSU — a permanent ban on Greek life is much less likely. "Public universities — governed by the First Amendment — would no doubt be barred from restricting the right to freedom of association," Hechinger wrote. NOW WATCH: A legal scholar explains why some white working class Americans don’t go to college
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The Pylos Combat Agate, a small limestone-encrusted seal, is the most exciting treasure yet to come from the tomb of a Bronze-Age Greek warrior. The Minoan sealstone found in the tomb of the “Griffin Warrior” is being heralded as the single best work ...
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TALLAHASSEE, Fl. — “I feel like I have a little leverage now to talk about these things with fraternities and sororities.” Florida State University President John Thrasher shocked the campus’s Greek organizations on Monday when he announced a ...
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Vodafone Greece launched a pilot service during which beekeepers can use a NarrowBand-IoT platform and a related web portal through the operator's 4G/LTE network to remotely track their beehives. The application, developed entirely in Greece and using the ...
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